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You might be able to buy those rusty hulks cheaper but take it from a guy that makes a living restoring these things, you're money ahead buying a near rust free example if you can find it, even if it's quadruple the price.

With the current trend of pricing in both parts and labor, less people are taking on those full blown restorations and buying something in between, and in a lot of cases not even restoring them, just driving as is. Can't say I blame them with the current economy.